Monica E Wilson
CA · Antioch City Council Member, District 4
Monica E Wilson has served on the Antioch City Council since 2012 and sits on the Delta Diablo sanitation board. She is a nonprofit program manager for human trafficking survivors with an MBA. Her priorities are economic development and affordable housing.
Where Monica E Wilson stands, based on their records
Supports
Social Programs and Welfare (2 records), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Mixed record
Housing Affordability (2 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support · 1 oppose
Voted against city-backed public financing for three low-income apartment projects, citing resident opposition. Two passed 3-2; the Hillcrest Summit financing failed 2-2-1.
April 14, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: antiochherald.com
Voted to adopt Antioch's 2023-2031 housing plan, which makes room for 3,016 more homes. Each part passed 4-1.
January 24, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: antiochherald.com
Made the motion for Antioch's rent stabilization law, which caps yearly rent increases at 3% or 60% of inflation, whichever is less. It passed 3-2.
August 23, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: antiochherald.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Cast the only vote against rejecting nearly $35 million in state Homekey+ funds for permanent housing for homeless people. The council voted 3-1 to withdraw.
July 28, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: antiochherald.com
Voted to start a feasibility study on using the Executive Inn motel as housing for homeless residents. It passed 3-2.
July 31, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: eastcountytoday.net
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted to raise Antioch water rates by 45% to 93% over three years, partly to repay the desalination plant loan. It passed 4-1.
March 11, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: antiochherald.com
Track record — General
General · 11 records
Received the endorsement of Our Revolution, the national progressive group, for her 2026 re-election to the Antioch City Council.
September 15, 2026
Source: ourrevolution.com
Voted against a new retail center on Lone Tree Way, saying it did not fit the plan for the site. It passed 3-2.
March 25, 2025
Source: antiochherald.com
Voted to hire Bessie Marie Scott as Antioch city manager at about $263,888 a year. The hire passed 3-2.
August 28, 2024
Source: contracosta.news
A county civil grand jury report said open-meeting (Brown Act) violations may have occurred when she met privately in 2022 with Mayor Thorpe and Councilwoman Torres-Walker. The District Attorney found too little evidence to prove an intentional violation.
July 2, 2024
Source: contracosta.news
Received endorsements from the California Democratic Party, the Contra Costa Democratic Party, the Central Labor Council and the Building Trades Council in her 2022 council race.
September 30, 2022
Source: antiochherald.com
Seconded and voted for the new council district map, which moved Councilwoman Lori Ogorchock into Wilson's District 4. It passed 3-2.
March 11, 2022
Source: eastcountytoday.net
Voted with Lamar Thorpe to form a two-member council committee on police reform. It failed 2-3.
June 18, 2020
Source: antiochherald.com
Voted to approve Antioch's first recreational marijuana store (One Plant on West 10th Street). The permit passed 4-1.
April 23, 2019
Source: antiochherald.com
Voted against adding a 20-year end date and a citizens oversight committee to the Measure W sales tax. The change passed 3-2; two days later she joined a 5-0 vote to include both.
August 7, 2018
Source: antiochherald.com
Voted to approve city maps allowing some marijuana businesses in Antioch. The motion passed 3-2.
June 3, 2018
Source: eastcountytoday.net
Voted to put a yearly business tax on landlords on the Antioch ballot. The measure failed on a 2-3 council vote.
July 6, 2013
Source: antiochherald.com
Past race Monica E Wilson ran in:
- City of Antioch, City Council, District 4 · November 3, 2026 · Antioch city, California · incumbent